Terra Incognito at Penn State has a nice case study written by Leigh Blackall on the move to an Open Educational Resource model at New Zealand's Otago Polytechnic Institute.
Some of the highlights of their implementation:
- Use of Creative Commons CC-BY licenses
- The open sharing and reuse of learning objects
- Collaborative learning spaces: WikiEducator (another MediaWiki implementation)
- Staff deveopment efforts around Flexible Learning
- Online Learning Communities
- Staff blogging
- An emphasis on digital literacy and social networked media
1 comment:
The question of how to position educational institutions in the digital age is an interesting one. Once you put all your resources out in the open, what do you charge for?
I've often considered that our real value proposition is certification. We certify that people have reached some level of competence, and the certifications are recognized as good.
Generally, I think the Internet will level the playing field in this environment. That might be good for smaller institutions. But one should never forget that the Internet is a harsh mistress, commoditizing popular topic areas and, to some extent, removing location dependence, something a lot of smaller schools depend on.
PS I really like the use of OpenID on your site and the follow up comments email.
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